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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Fans also under estimate how long 5 or 6 years is. Sure 8 years would be great to sign tkachuk for but if you're paying 9 per when 6 gets 7.75ish and 5 gets you 6.75 things could go pretty good for the flames for 5 years at 6.75. Like 5 straight years of being an elite team where 9 this summer really restricts this team for 2 years then all you're doing is planning Johnny's new deal after that
Even when Johnny is a ufa having Monahan tkachuk lindholm hanifin all signed for under 7 in a 90 mil cap world probably allows some flexibility
See the Oilers when you talk always going for max term and how that looks
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Brad is very smart with how he structures term. If he sticks with 6 years that means that Matthew is up for renewal at least 1 year after everybody else, with Lindholm & Hanifin due for big raises the previous offseason. And by then the salary cap would have increased to the point of being able to absorb a raise of 3-4 million at best and keep him a Flame.
If that figure of 7.75 for 6 years is pretty on the mark, then it means that Matthew signed for about the same percentage of the salary cap that the "Giordano" cap of 6.75 was signed at. I believe he would rather use this figure to set the new era "Tkachuk" cap that will decide future contracts for all, over trying to lowball him at 6.75 x 5.
It is for these reasons that I think he will try to push hard for a 7.75 x 6 over pushing the AAV higher to lock him up for an extra two seasons. And if I were in Tkachuk's camp I'd be of course pushing for max term of 8 and the highest AAV. Guaranteed money.